Jimau Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Jimau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
Jimau (43) may also be a first name.
Jimau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jimau (Hindi: जिमाउ, Marathi: िजमाऊ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Jimau is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Jimau are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most numerous first name globally, borne by 43 people.
Jimau is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Jimau is most frequent in: Bauchi, where 71 percent are found, Oyo, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 20 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jimau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jimau in the Marathi language | ||
| िजमाऊ | ijama'u | 84.62 |
| िजमौ | ijamau | 7.69 |
| िजमाउ | ijama'u | 7.69 |
| Jimau in the Hindi language | ||
| जिमाउ | jima'u | 66.67 |
| जिमाऊ | jima'u | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jimau
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